Well, this past weekend, after quite a few weeks of late nights and weekend game play, I completed the first Assassin's Creed for the XBOX. I'd heard a lot about this game, both on 1up and on G4 when it first came out, and I guess the game was a success because Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed Botherhood are already out for consoles! Not to mention of course the Nintendo DS, the PSP and the iPhone side stories.

I have to say that I really enjoyed the game, and its plot! I am really looking forward to playing all of the above mentioned Assassin's Creed sequels and side-plots - Now when is it becoming a movie :-) The one thing that was really new to me in this game (and I guess in every xbox game) is the notion of achievements. The last time I had a television console I was in middle school and I had a Super Nintendo (very retro, eh?). Even when I bought my PSP, the games didn't have Achievements to them. You just completed the game! I was browsing through my achievements, some of which I completed just by chance, and others by virtue of completing a mission. Seeing which achievements I have yet to attain, I am thinking about going back and trying to get achieve them. Some of the achievements (like pushing 50 drunkards out of the way, or pick-pocketing knives from thieves) are doable - if one has the patience to do them! The collect-the-flags achievements are achievements that I probably won't bother attempting. I have no interested in looking every-which-place to find saracen or richard flags just to get an achievement. M'eh. Some achievements seem to be there for those who are obsessive compulsive just to get them :-)

Anyway - great game! If you haven't played it, you should! :-)